Tag: hydropower
New Study: Carbon Capture Is A Waste Of Money, & Counterproductive
It’s an easy argument to understand and to make: yes, we need more clean energy, but we also need to take carbon dioxide out of the air with carbon capture technology. The problem is that you can have much more impact for every dollar spent on the former than with … [continued]
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Trump Already Whiffing On “American Energy Dominance,” With One Exception
With geothermal energy sniffing at their heels, US fossil energy stakeholders may come to regret their part in unleashing the American Energy Dominance hounds.
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Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries Offers Benefits Over Mining Virgin Metals
Recycling lithium-ion batteries is the way to go, according to a new Stanford University lifecycle analysis published in Nature Communications. That’s because recovering the critical metals from used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has significantly lower environmental impacts than does mining virgin metals. Recycling critical materials in end-of-life LIBs can help alleviate … [continued]
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Coal & Nuclear Are Very Different Beasts In China, Per Expert
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with an expert in China’s energy transition, David Fishman of APAC-focused Lantau Group. In the first half of the conversation we talked coal, gas, and nuclear. Michael Barnard [MB]: Hi, welcome back to Redefining Energy Tech. I’m your host, Michael Barnard. … [continued]
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Energy Companies & Investors Mobilize Lobbying Blitz on Clean Energy Tax Credits
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of energy groups and their member companies are joining forces to hold over 100 meetings with members of Congress and staff from both parties about the critical role of clean energy tax credits for supporting a robust American energy and manufacturing economy. Participating groups … [continued]
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Geothermal Aside, US Energy Policy Gets Dumb And Dumber Every Day
Fossil fuels face a new threat from the US geothermal energy industry, which stands to benefit from the purportedly fossil-friendly Trump administration.
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Saudi Arabia Wants To Supply Europe With Green Hydrogen
Germany is looking to companies in Saudi Arabia to supply it with green hydrogen made from renewable energy resources.
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The Problem & Potential Of Hydropower
Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University has explained why investments in wind, water, and solar are the only feasible ways to convert the US and the world to clean energy. However, even the best technologies come with environmental impacts. With encouragement from the federal government, private industry has recently made … [continued]
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Renewable Energy Lures New Lithium Venture To Deep Red State
The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma…if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.
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